Worldwide Leadership Development For College and University Leaders
The Chair Academy offers each conference participant, an expanded Conference experience. For $125.00, conference participants can attend a full day, pre-conference skillbuilding workshop. These day-long workshops can provide you with essential skills and knowledge, that participants can can bring back to their organizations.
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THE TRICK TO BEING A CHAIR OR ORGANIZATIONAL LEADER The workshop will present a variety of strategies for new front line administrators, including chairs, directors, deans, and other organizational leaders. Activities throughout the day will help participants define their role as leaders and share strategies to develop cohesive teams. Topics will include: • understanding leadership versus management in organizations
About the Presenter: Bill Lamb, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Bill Lamb is the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Until 2007, Bill was the Dean of Liberal Arts and Distance Learning at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS, where he served in the role of assistant dean, department chair, and writing teacher. He received his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Kansas State University in 1984, and his Master Dr. Lamb has received numerous awards including the Paul Elsner International Excellence in Leadership Award in 2011. He is active in his local Rotary club and several community organizations. Additionally, he is a member of the Leadership Editorial Board and a member of the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development. He recently joined the IDEA Advisory Board. Dr. Lamb also has a number of publications and is a frequent presenter at international and regional conferences and workshops. |
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A LEADER'S GUIDE TO BALANCE AND WELLBEING For leaders the ability to create and sustain a balanced, harmonious life is key to their success and well being. An unbalanced life can lead to career and personal life burnout. Preventing burnout requires an investment in a healthy lifestyle, followed by deliberate practice. Leaders who have perfected the formula enjoy numerous benefits and serve as an inspiration to others. Attend this preconference session to learn more on preventing burn out and sustaining balance and harmony in your life. The session includes recent research on this important topic, remedy and practice, including natural stress remedies, case scenario practice, beginners’ chair yoga, and Attendees will develop a wellness plan integrating their personal strengths into the plan (Please bring your signature theme list to this session). Attendees will benefit by: • Increasing awareness of the research and long term benefits of healthy living. About the Presenters: Margo Keys, Ph.D., Vice President Student Affairs at Chippewa Valley Technical College Margo Keys, Academy Facilitator. Currently the Vice President of Student Services at Chippewa Valley Technical College in west central Wisconsin. Prior work included Dean of Students, Director of Instructional Support and Services, and Staff Development Coordinator at Jean Svacina, Ph.D., Dean and Division Chair of English and World Languages at Howard Community College Dr. Jean Svacina, Acting Chair of the Division of English and World Languages and Professor of ESL, is committed to excellence in teaching In addition to her teaching, Jean has dedicated herself to many initiatives including establishing an ESL Bridge Program with the county’s Dr. Svacina’s other interests include ‘Globalizing the Curriculum’, a college-wide eff ort which focuses on developing the global competency skills of students so that they are better prepared for the global environment and workplace of today. In Feb, 2012 her team’s work on creating the Global Distinction program earned the Andrew Heiskell International award for best practice in global program development. |
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THRIVE: FOSTERING ENGAGEMENT AND WELL-BEING THROUGH STRENGTHS-BASED LEADERSHIP When Gallup wanted to find out what the world's greatest leaders do differently, we went right to the source -- large and small companies, privately held companies, and public-sector organizations -- and we interviewed more than 80,000 top-performing leaders in 400 organizations. About the Presenter: Kyle Robinson, M.A., Director of Campus Engagement for Gallup’s Education Division. Kyle partners with colleges and universities to help them create and implement strength-based engagement and wellbeing strategies for students, staff and faculty. As a speaker and consultant, Kyle is often on campus working with educators to apply Gallup’s science and In addition to creating strengths-based solutions for campuses, Kyle’s experience at Gallup also includes leading mulit-national employee engagement projects and arctitecting customized leadership development programs for managers, employees and students. Kyle was first exposed to Gallup’s strength-based approach while attending graduate school and adopted a strengths philosophy as a manger at a manufacturing company and as an adjuct faculty member at a privite liberal arts university. Kyle’s passion is helping people understand and develop their natural, innate talent and encouraging them to find ways to do what they do |
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WORKING WITH VALUES TO CREATE CULTURE CHANGE Presented by MaryJane Bullen Barrett Values Centre \What is the hidden potential of the members of your organization? How can you as a leader unleash this potential and maximize effectiveness/performance while building your program? Using the Barrett Model based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs; you will explore Details: • The values and beliefs of a leader are instrumental in determining the culture of an organization. Leaders have significant influence on the performance of an organization, or any group of individuals that share a common identity. About the Presenter: MaryJane Bullen, Senior Barrett Values Centre Consultant, Lake Monticello, Virginia. MaryJane Bullen, MSOD, is a trainer/consultant, coach, and facilitator with Barrett Values Centre and Coble Consulting. She provides Barrett Values certification training for individuals and organizations in the United States and Canada. In Washington DC area, her clients include: As a management consultant at the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development), MaryJane managed a technology team for Latin America before moving to the Strategic Change unit to support the president’s office in creating deeper dialogues between MaryJane received her Master in Organization Development from the American University/AUNTL program. In 2001, she became an adjunct professor in the MSOD program (course ‘Organization Analysis and Change’). Recently, MaryJane and her husband moved from the Washington D.C. area to live on a lake near Charlottesville VA. In addition to consulting, MaryJane enjoys traveling and spending time with her four grandchildren. |
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